Matthew Fahrenbacher

Home Address
30 JF Kennedy Blvd
Elk Grove Village, Il 60007
(847) 357-9775

Career Objective
To teach high school students mathematics and to coach extracurricular activities.

Education
High School: Elk Grove High School, Elk Grove Il. Graduated with honors, 1999. GPA: 5.04/5.0
University: The University of Illinois, Champaign Il. Scheduled Graduation, May 2003. GPA: 3.7/4.0

Work Experience

High School Teacher, Niles West High School, Skokie, Il.  Classroom instructor teaching AP Computer Science, Structured Programming, and multiple levels of Geometry.  Also the Math Team's oralist coach.  Aug 2003-Present.
Teacher Assistant, Des Plaines School District 62, Des Plaines, Il. Responsibilities included providing teachers with educational software, troubleshooting general computer issues, teaching a computer class, and aiding in a mathematics classroom. June-Aug. 1999, 2001.
Technical Consultant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Responsibilities included installing software, troubleshooting software, hardware, network and infrastructure problems, and providing technical assistance to students and faculty. Jan. 2000 to Present.
Umpire, Waycinden Park District, Mount Prospect, Il.  Responsibilities included officiating little league baseball and softball games. May-Aug. 1995-97.

Field Experiences

Class room obervations: Friendship Junior High, Sept-Dec 1998; Elk Grove High School, Jan-May 1999; Urbana Middle School, Oct-Dec 2001; Franklin Middle School, March-May 2002; Central High School, Oct-Nov 2002; Buffalo Grove High School, Jan-May 2003.
Tutor, Elk Grove High and Central High School, Elk Grove Village and Champaign, Il. Responsibilities included helping students with writing assignments and aiding them with questions about math homework.  Sept. 1998-May 1999, Jan.-May 2000.

Honors

Illinois General Assembly Scholarship, Rep. Rosemary Mulligan, 1999.
Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Award, Elk Grove High School, 1999.
Apple Student Developer Scholarship, Apple, 2001.
University of Illinois Site Consultant of the Year, 2000 and 2001

Special Interests and Abilities
Special interest in political science, computer technology, and mathematics
Special abilities include programming and administering Apple computers

Professional Organizations
Metropolitan Math Club of Chicago (http://www.mmcchicago.org)
National Council of Teacher of Mathematics (http://www.nctm.org)

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